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Tuesday, 29 October 2013

Vijay Zol with his double century on debut is the 7th youngest player to score a Double Century in Ranji Trophy history at age of 18 years and 340 days. Sanju Samson also reached his double century in Ranji Trophy on the same day at age of 18 years and 352 days, he is the 8th youngest to score a Double Century in Ranji Trophy.

Youngest to score a Double Century in Ranji Trophy17 years, 17 days - 200* - Reetinder Singh SodhiPunjab vs Dhruve Pandove Stadium, Patiala, 1997/9817 years, 55 days - 210 - Ambatti RayuduHyderabad vs Andhra, Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad, 2002/0318 years, 62 days - 217* - Pinal ShahBaroda vs Services, Palam A Ground, Model Sports Complex, Delhi, 2005/0618 years, 265 days - 314* - Wasim JafferMumbai vs Saurashtra, Municipal Stadium, Rajkot, 1996/9718 years, 273 days - 230 - Gundappa ViswanathAndhra vs Mysore, Police Parade Ground, Vijayawada, 1967/6818 years, 303 days - 300* - Abhinav MukundTamil Nadu vs Maharashtra, Golf Club Ground, Nasik, 2008/0918 years, 340 days - 200*- Vijay ZolMaharashtra vs Tripura, Maharashtra Cricket Association, Pune, 2013/1418 years, 352 days - 211 - Sanju SamsonKerala vs Assam, Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati, 2013/14Facts & Trivia:# Among the 7 players, 5 of their's was their maiden First Class Century.# RS Sodhi achieved this feat in his 4th match and 6th inning of his First Class Career.# Ambatti Rayudu played this knock in his 3rd match and 4th inning of his FC Career. In previous 3 innings he aggregated only 34 runs (33, 1 & 0). In this match (his 4th) he scored 210 & 159*. He averaged 11.33 after his second match and after his 3rd match his average was 100.75 !# Rayudu's occasion was only the 2nd time in Ranji Trophy that a batsman scored 150+ in both innings of a match. The other A Kaypee (152 & 173) for Haryana and Uttar Pradesh in Quarter Final of 1990/91.# Only 2 more Indians have scored 150+ in both innings of a First Class match - Dinesh Karthik (183 & 150) for South Zone vs West Zone in the Duleep Trophy Final of 2009/10 and Shikhar Dhawan (177 & 155) for Rest Of India vs Rajasthan in the Irani Trophy 2011/12.# Rayudu's aggregate of 369 runs in the match is the 5th highest aggregate in a Ranji Trophy match. The top 4 being 443 Nimbalkar (443*), 389 Pujara (37 & 352), 377 S Manjrekar (377) and 372 Laxman (353 & 19). # Pinal Shah managed to achieve this in his 4th match and 6th inning of FC career. But he scored his next century in his 30th inning (also only 2 half centuries till then) and 3rd century in his 62nd inning. Overall in his FC career he has 3 centuries in 82 innings he has batted averaging 32.36. # Wasim Jaffer scored his 314* at age of 18 years and 265 days in only his second First Class Inning. He is the youngest Indian and 2nd youngest after Javed Miandad to score a Triple Century in First Class Cricket. Third youngest is also an Indian, featuring in the above list, Abhinav Mukund.Read More Trivia on Triple Centuries by Indians in First Class Cricket# Mukund, before reaching this double century mark and converting it into a triple ton, scored 2 100s and 2 50s (a 96) in his first ten innings. His Triple century came in his 11th inning and 7th match of FC career.

Vijay Zol scored 200* on his Ranji Trophy Debut for Maharashtra vs Tripura at MCA Stadium, Pune. He is the 8th player to score a Double Century on Ranji Trophy Debut.Also at age of 18 years and 340 days he is the 7th youngest to score a Double Century in Ranji Trophy.

8th player to score a Double Century on Ranji Trophy Debut

Double Centuries on Ranji Trophy Debut210 - George Abell, Northern India vs ArmyLawrence Gardens, Lahore, 1934/35205 - Budhi Kunderan, Railways vs Jammu and KashmirKarnail Stadium, Delhi, 1959/60230 - Gundappa Viswanath, Andhra vs MysorePolice Parade Ground, Vijayawada, 1967/68260 - Amol Muzumdar, Bombay vs HaryanaNahar Singh Stadium, Faridabad, 1993/94209*- Anshuman Pandey, Madhya Pradesh vs Uttar PradeshJayanti Stadium, Bhilai, 1995/96201*- Manpreet Juneja, Gujarat vs Tamil NaduSardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad, 2011/12213 - Jiwanjot Singh, Punjab vs HyderabadPunjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, 2012/13200*- Vijay Zol, Maharashtra vs TripuraMaharashtra Cricket Association, Pune, 2013/14Facts & Trivia:# George Abell was an England born player. He scored only 1 run in his Debut First Class Inning.# Abell & Budhi Kunderan is the only Wicket Keeper among the above players# Except Abell, Kunderan and Zol, all others were making their First Class Debut too.# Budhi Kunderan played 5 First Class Matches, including 3 for India, before making his Ranji Trophy Debut and scoring the double ton on debut. Vivek Razdan and Parthiv Patel are the only 2 other players to play Test Cricket before India before making the debut in Ranji Trophy. # Gundappa Viswanath also scored a century on his Test Debut. His 137 on test debut was a record until Shikhar Dhawan overcame it with his 187 in 2013.# Amol Muzumdar went on to score over 9000 runs in Ranji Trophy and over 11000 in his First Class Career still never played for India.# Muzumdar's 260 is the highest individual inning on First Class Debut while Viswanath's 230 is the 4th highest. Other 2 in middle are 240 by WFE Marx and 232* by SJE Loxton. # Jiwanjot Singh aggregated 995 runs in his Ranji Trophy Debut Season. That is the highest aggregate by any player in his debut Ranji Season.# GEB Abell, Budhi Kunderan and Anshuman Pandey never scored another Double Century in their First Class Career while Anshuman Pandey's was his only century in First Class Career (He played 6 matches in his career).# Vijay Zol also scored a century on his Debut First Class Inning - 110 for India A vs New Zealand A, Aug 2013.

Friday, 18 October 2013

Ajit Agarkar announced his retirement from all formats of International Cricket on 16th October 2013. He played 26 Tests, 191 ODIs and 4 T20Is for India from 1998 to 2007. He played his last international match for India on September 16 against New Zealand in the 2007 T20 World Cup. Bowling Career